Best Drama movies of 2000s

Actors : Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome, Johnny Harris, Nathan Constance,
Directors : Paul Andrew Williams,

Desperate to evade an angry pimp, a London prostitute and a young girl flee by train to Brighton after an appointment with a powerful client goes violently wrong.

Actors : Scott Denny, Paige Turco, Sam Ball, Dan Futterman,
Directors : Jon Shear,

A tour of The Anger Stage.

Actors : Chris Klein, Michael Rooker, Josh Hartnett, Leelee Sobieski,
Directors : Mark Piznarski,

A rich college kid is taught a lesson after a joy ride ends up destroying a country restaurant.

Actors : John Carter, David Aaron Baker, Alfred Molina, Richard Gere,
Directors : Lasse Hallström,

In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.

Actors : Anthony LaPaglia, Aaron Stanford, Allison Janney, Mark Webber,
Directors : Josh Sternfeld,

In this suburban drama, a widower (played by Anthony LaPaglia) confronts his older son's (played by Aaron Stanford) decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior.

Actors : Nick Stahl, Deborra-Lee Furness, AnnaSophia Robb, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Bill Maher,

The drama follows a 12-year-old girl's struggle to come to terms with her mother's abandonment.

Actors : Tina Holmes, Brad Rowe, Trevor Wright, Jackson Wurth,
Directors : Jonah Markowitz,

When his college dreams are sidelined by family obligations, a young man finds comfort in surfing with his best friend's brother.

Actors : Gérard Lanvin, Elena Anaya, Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem,
Directors : Fred Cavayé,

Samuel, a male nurse, saves the life of a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's wife hostage and force him to spring their boss.

Actors : Robin Hill, Robert Hill, Julia Deakin, David Schaal,
Directors : Ben Wheatley,

A crime family looks to unmask the police informant in their midst who threatens to take down their business.

Actors : Jimmy Bennett, Serena Scott Thomas, Kevin Pollak, Bruce Willis,
Directors : Florent-Emilio Siri,

A failed police negotiator turned small-town cop, must save the lives of a family held hostage, which draws him into a much more dangerous situation.

Actors : Soraya Omar-Scego, Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh, Awa Saïd Darar, Roun Daher Aïnan,
Directors : Sherry Hormann,

The autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 3, sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN ...

Actors : Bruce Dern, Elizabeth Ashley, Jayce Bartok, Miriam Shor,
Directors : Mary Stuart Masterson,

Two families are brought together by the return of one family's son -- a reunion that conjures up old ghosts and issues that must be addressed.

Actors : Julie Sokolowski, Karl Sarafidis, Yassine Salime, David Dewaele,
Directors : Bruno Dumont,

The aspirant nun Céline vel Hadewijch is invited to leave the convent where she studies and she returns to the house of her mother in Paris. Céline meets her outcast Muslim teenage friend ...

Actors : Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Dino Abbrescia, Giorgio Careccia, Riccardo Zinna,
Directors : Gabriele Salvatores,

A young boy accidentally discovers a deep hole in the ground, where another boy is kept prisoner.

Actors : Liam Aiken, Garrett Strommen, Vincent Perez, Kim Basinger,
Directors : Hugh Hudson,

Kuki, a divorced Italian socialite, changes her life after a serious car crash. She accepts a marriage proposal from Paolo Gallmann, a man she doesn't know well, and she moves to Kenya with...

Actors : Amy Brenneman, Kathy Baker, Hugh Dancy, Maria Bello,
Directors : Robin Swicord,

Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen, only to find their relationships -- both old and new -- begin to resemble 21st century versions of her novels.

Actors : Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergey Garmash, Apti Magamaev, Sergey Makovetskiy,
Directors : Nikita Mikhalkov,

Twelve jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen adolescent charged with murdering his stepfather.

Actors : Yun-seok Kim, Man-sik Jeong, Sung-ha Jo, Jung-woo Ha,
Directors : Hong-jin Na,

The story of a cab driver in Yanji City, a region between North Korea, China and Russia. His wife goes to Korea to earn money, but he doesn't hear from her since in 6 months. He plays ...

Actors : Kelly Reilly, Cécile De France, Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou,
Directors : Cédric Klapisch,

Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.

Actors : Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges, Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès,
Directors : Bertrand Tavernier,

In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Assistant director and Resistance activist Jean Devaivre works for Continental, where he can get "in ...